Past Mitsui Lunch-Time Forums
All past Mitsui Lunch-Time Forums are listed by Academic Year (September through May) beginning with the latest.
Date | Title | Speakers | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Up From the Ashes: Rebuilding an Investment Bank & Taking it Public | John G. Duffy, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | |
China's Multinationals: Process and Obstacles to Going Global | James P. Shaughnessy, Lenovo | ||
Blood Diamonds & Price Transparency | Martin Rapaport, Rapaport Group | ||
Regulatory Issues and Listing Alternatives: Can U.S. Capital Markets Remain Competitive? | Neal L. Wolkoff, American Stock Exchange | ||
| Energy and the Environment: Investing in Green Markets Today | Mark Cox, New Energy Fund | ||
| Dude...Where’s My Job? | Marcel Legrand, Monster.com | ||
| 2005 - 2006 | Role of Hedge Funds in the Global Economy | Larry Simon, Ivy Asset Management Corp. | |
Challenges Facing the European Union: Perspectives from the Austrian Presidency | Willem Maas, New York University | ||
| Corporate Best Practices in China | Peter Buckley, University of Leeds, UK | ||
| Global Business Outlook: 2006 | Tom Niles, U.S. Council for International Business | ||
Starbucks and the World Coffee Market | Dub Hay, Starbucks | ||
The Development & Success of India's Software industry: What's Next? | Joydeep Mukherji, Standard and Poor's | ||
| 2004 - 2005 | East Asian Economic Cooperation: Issues & Challenges | Hugh Patrick, Center on Japanese Economy & Business, Columbia University | |
| Building Global Luxury Brands | Chester Dawson, Business Week and Author "Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit" | ||
| Deficits and the Dollar | Richard Cooper, Harvard Univeristy | ||
| Global Business Outlook: 2005 | Tom Niles, U.S. Council for International Business | ||
| Winning Business Strategies in China | Robert Aquilina, Estee Lauder International | ||
Global Inc: Multinational Corporations as Agents of Global and Local Transformation | Medard Gabel, BigPictureSmallWorld Clifford Wymbs, Baruch College | ||
| 2003 - 2004 | Economic Development: Does Democracy Matter? | Shiv Mehta, ING Investment Management | |
Global Asset Allocation: Stragtegies for Portfolio Management | Henry Jarecki, The Falconwood Corporation | ||
| Who's Afraid of the WTO? | Jake Caldwell, National Wildlife Federation | ||
Fighting Global Poverty: The Elusive Quest for Growth | William Easterly, New York University | ||
| Europe & the U.S. - Shifting Alliances: Implications for Trade and Investment | Tom Niles, U.S. Council for International Business | ||
| Doing Business Across Cultures - Post 9/11 | Robert House, University of Pennsyvania | ||
| 2002 -2003 | The World Cotton Market: Physical, Futures and Finance | William Dunavant, Dunavant Enterprises | |
| China in the World Economy: Promises & Problems | Gordan G. Chang, Author, "Coming Collapse of China" | ||
Calling India? Global Outsourcing Strategies | Mike Baldwin, Deutsche Bank Suresh Gupta, The Paaras Group | ||
The Japanese Economy: Recovery in Sight? | Jun Okumura, JETRO Hugh Patrick, Columbia University | ||
| International Business Briefing: The U.S. Outlook | Thomas Niles, U.S. Council for International Business | ||
| The Role of the IMF in International Financial Markets | Benjamin Friedman, Harvard University | ||
| 2001 - 2002 | Globalization: International Business Outlook | Shiv Mehta, Credit Suisse Asset Management | |
| Surviving In a World of Mergers, Acquisitions & Spin-offs | Irwin Ettinger, Citigroup | ||
| India: Technology, Economic Growth & Political Realignment | Philip K. Oldenburg, South Asian Institute/Columbia University | ||
| Fox's Mexico: A Model for Latin America? | Salvador Beltran, Consul General of Mexico Arturo Porzecanski, ABN AMBRO | ||
| Energy, Economics & Your Future | Peter Fusaro, Global Change Associates | ||
| International Business: Career Paths, Hurdles & Assets | Andrea Knopf, AIG | ||
| 2000 - 2001 | Japan: Light at the End of the Tunnel? | Katsuto Momii, Mitsui & Co., (U.S.A.) | |
| The Future of E-Commerce in Latin America | Eugenio (Gene) Bryan, HispanicAd.com | ||
| The Internet in China | Kenneth Farrall, Virtualchina.com | ||
| Korea - North & South: What Happens Now? | Donald Gregg, The Korea Society | ||
| Globalization: Your Future and America's | Thomas Niles, U.S. Council for International Business | ||
| The Future of E-Commerce in Europe | Mark Bitterman, Orange Art | ||
| 1999 - 2000 | Globalization of Financial Markets | R. Patrick Thompson, New York Mercantile Exchange | |
| Latin America in the New Millennium | Jorge Mariscal, Goldman Sachs & Co. | ||
E-Commerce: The Corporation and Your Future | Seth Goldstein, Flatiron Partners | ||
| Lessons of the Asian Crisis | Sung Sang Park, Former Governor, Bank of Korea | ||
| Europe in the New Millennium | Sven Oehme, European-American Business Organization, Inc. | ||
| Russia in the New Millennium | Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group | ||
| 1998 - 1999 | Japan in the 21st Century | Hugh Patrick, Columbia University | |
| Selling to the Asian Consumer | Cleve S. Langton, DDBN Worldwide Communications | ||
| Taking Your Business World Wide on the Web | Tony Seiderman, The Exporter Magazine | ||
| Globalization: Is It Good for You? | Victor Gotbaum, Baruch College | ||
| NAFTA & Beyond: Who Wins? Who Loses? | Jorge Pinto, Consul General of Mexico | ||
Hong Kong and China: One Year Later | Wayne Tam, UAD Group Dr. Frank Kehl, US-China Exchanges | ||
| 1997 - 1998 | Harmonizing Global Accounting Standards | Gerhard Mueller, Financial Accounting Standards Board | |
| The Euro & the Future of Europe | Sven Oehme, European-American Chamber of Commerce | ||
| Whither The Asian Economies? | Kiichi Mochizuki, The Pacific Institute | ||
| Cleaning up by Cleaning Up: International Business & The Environment | Peter Fusaro, Global Change Associates | ||
| Will the Port Survive? Does it Matter? | Tom Wakeman, Port Authority of NY & NJ | ||
| Managing a Japanese Company in the U.S. | Masayoshi Furuhata, Mitsui & Co. (USA) | ||
| 1996 - 1997 | Hong Kong, China and Taiwan: What Now? | Wayne Tam, UAD Group | |
| The Future of European Advertising | Lionel Stanbrook, United Kingdom Advertising Association | ||
| India: Another Titan Awakes | Rajesh Singh, Chase Manhattan (Bombay) | ||
Importing & Exporting: Lessons from the Rug Trade | Leslie Stroh, The Exporter Magazine | ||
Korea: Next Giant of Asia? | Sung Sang Park, Asia-Pacific Institute | ||
International Licensing: A Tool to Build Your Future? | Eugene Lang, REFAC Technology Development Corp. | ||
| 1995 -1996 | Accounting Goes Global | Tony Dalessio, KPMG Peat Marwick | |
| South Africa: Emerging Star? Or Trouble Ahead | Sean O'Connor, Standard Bank of South Africa | ||
| The Peso Crisis A Year Later: Was Nafta a Mistake? | Jorge Pinto, Consul General of Mexico | ||
| Taiwan & The PRC: Dancing with the Dragon | Mark Ming-Shing Lii, Chinese Business Association | ||
| Canada & Quebec: Is our Biggest Market about to Fall Apart? | Brian Milner, Toronto Globe and Mail | ||
| Investing in Asia: Patterns, Instruments and Personal Choices | Robert S. Whyte, Robert S. Whyte Associates | ||
| 1994 - 1995 | European Union: Economic Colossus? Or Fragile Umbrella? | Andre Baeyens, Consul General of France | |
| Japan Inc. As The Japanese See It | Susumu Yoshida, Sumitomo Chemical America | ||
| Whither Mexico? And Latin America? | Bruce Wolfson, Bear Stearns & Co. | ||
| Hong Kong and the PRC in 1997: Panic? Boom? Business as Usual? | David M. Lampton, National Committee on US-China Relations | ||
| Russia: Ready for Take-Off or on the Edge? | Vladimir Kvint, Arthur Andersen & Co. |

